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hcm and pvc
my 26 year old son has hcm and has been on verapermil for a year now. i don't know the dose but its low. the hcm was found due to the pvcs he was having which the dr said aren't dangerous and the medicine pretty much made them go away. he's had several promotions at work and for a couple of weeks a quarter he is under some heavy stress. he is starting to get several pvcs daily during this time. he's not concerned i am what is your opinion of this. are they as harmless as he was told or did we misunderstand. are they also common with lots of stress.
Hi Hankstar, I was wondering if there has been some recent data refering to NSVT in a normal heart? I am getting a little worried again! Thanks!
seems my question and your answer has caused some confusion for some people including myself. could you clarify it some?
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Hi Mark,
When I read that you have over 22,000 PVC's in a 24 hour period, I was wondering if your cardiologist seemed concerned at all about this or still told you not to worry about them? Do they ever make you lightheaded having them that frequently?
Thanks alot,
Carrie
When I read that you have over 22,000 PVC's in a 24 hour period, I was wondering if your cardiologist seemed concerned at all about this or still told you not to worry about them? Do they ever make you lightheaded having them that frequently?
Thanks alot,
Carrie
I also have thousands of PVC's per day, and have had them for over ten years. There have been times in that period that they would decrease, but only to come back with a vengence. I thought I was rid of them for one whole year almost, and had gone through menopause, so I connected them together. Anyway, they started coming again slowly, just a few a day, and gradually increased to the amount I'm getting now. I definitely get them more if I'm more anxious, but I find that if I just try to ignore them, it really helps. I get them so bad for example if I'm just walking through the store, and I think nobody around me could possibly be getting anything like this. It also helps to drink alot of water, and exercise. Anyway, good luck! Val
Do you also have non-sustained v-tach? I Do and it is very scary!
Carrie:
Yes, my cardiologist was (is) somewhat concerned about the number of PVC's that were recorded. I was on Toprol (spelling?) for a while to keep them under control but I noticed little difference in symptoms and there were a few side effects. I dislike taking any kind of medicine and since there was no real improvement it was decided that I be taken off the medicine and was prescribed another medicine to take "as needed". In almost one year I have yet to take any of that medicine, even when I do experience PVC's. The PVC's just didn't seem bad enough to warrant medicine.
I too was shocked at the number of PVC's recorded. My cardiologist and my family doctor both seemed surprised at the number. I got the impression that it was quite unusual. I do recall that when I wore the monitor it happened to be in the middle of a time (within a couple week period) when my symptoms were at their worst. They were never that bad prior to that time nor have they been that bad since. I guessed I was having between 1,000 and 2,000 PVC's while I was wearing the monitor. Those I felt. I didn't feel over 22,000. Most must have been very slight.
If I've ever felt light headed at all when having PVC's it was at the time I was having so many of them. And I don't think the PVC's made me light headed. I think it was nervousness. At the time I didn't know what was happening and when many PVC's were chained together it felt as if my heart wasn't working properly (which it wasn't). That scared me. But I never really got to the point of felling like I was going to pass out or anything.
Because I'm not too old (45), and because my nuclear stress test, echo cardiogram, and other tests showed a normal, properly functioning, strong heart, my cardiologist is optimistic. He says PVC's are normally not anything to worry about in someone like myself. That having been said, my cardiologist is, of course, still somewhat concerned. We have to keep an eye on things and check things out if symptoms worsen. I've seen him three times over the past year and after this last checkup he says I don't have to check back for (at most) a year.
I'm continuing to ignore PVC's when they occur (which isn't too often anymore). They never really "hurt" and if I don't get upset when I feel them they pass without disrupting my life at all. Easy to say, not always easy to do.
Yes, my cardiologist was (is) somewhat concerned about the number of PVC's that were recorded. I was on Toprol (spelling?) for a while to keep them under control but I noticed little difference in symptoms and there were a few side effects. I dislike taking any kind of medicine and since there was no real improvement it was decided that I be taken off the medicine and was prescribed another medicine to take "as needed". In almost one year I have yet to take any of that medicine, even when I do experience PVC's. The PVC's just didn't seem bad enough to warrant medicine.
I too was shocked at the number of PVC's recorded. My cardiologist and my family doctor both seemed surprised at the number. I got the impression that it was quite unusual. I do recall that when I wore the monitor it happened to be in the middle of a time (within a couple week period) when my symptoms were at their worst. They were never that bad prior to that time nor have they been that bad since. I guessed I was having between 1,000 and 2,000 PVC's while I was wearing the monitor. Those I felt. I didn't feel over 22,000. Most must have been very slight.
If I've ever felt light headed at all when having PVC's it was at the time I was having so many of them. And I don't think the PVC's made me light headed. I think it was nervousness. At the time I didn't know what was happening and when many PVC's were chained together it felt as if my heart wasn't working properly (which it wasn't). That scared me. But I never really got to the point of felling like I was going to pass out or anything.
Because I'm not too old (45), and because my nuclear stress test, echo cardiogram, and other tests showed a normal, properly functioning, strong heart, my cardiologist is optimistic. He says PVC's are normally not anything to worry about in someone like myself. That having been said, my cardiologist is, of course, still somewhat concerned. We have to keep an eye on things and check things out if symptoms worsen. I've seen him three times over the past year and after this last checkup he says I don't have to check back for (at most) a year.
I'm continuing to ignore PVC's when they occur (which isn't too often anymore). They never really "hurt" and if I don't get upset when I feel them they pass without disrupting my life at all. Easy to say, not always easy to do.
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